By Taran Adarsh, January 22, 2010 – 10:44 IST

VEER drives home a few hard facts…

  • No amount of gloss can substitute for an engaging story.
  • Not all directors are capable of pulling off a period film.
  • No star – howsoever strong his rankings are – can infuse life in a comatose script.

Everyone’s awaiting VEER with bated breath. The film industry will get another breather if VEER goes the 3 IDIOTS way at the box-office. The junta will have one more fascinating genre to look forward to, if VEER appeals to them. But your hopes go crashing as reel after reel of VEER unfurl.

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Salman Khan [who has been credited as the story writer of VEER] takes TARAS BULBA, adds GLADIATOR, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, TROY, TITANIC and even KRANTI [the end is a straight lift of Manoj Kumar's Dilip Kumar starrer] and comes up with this khichdi which gets unpalatable after a point.

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VEER is about a warrior and at the same time, it’s a love story too. Sadly, neither

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